Stila has some really good value gift sets out for Christmas time which are usually a good way to get a mixture of shades for a decent price (if you don’t mind minis). I like a good mini because I never ever ever finish a full size lip product anyway so I find they last […]

I’ve been skincare auditing lately as I move to a more Asian style skincare routine – however my diehard favourite Western brands have made the cut and that includes quite a few products from Kiehls since it is one of the few brands that doesn’t irritate my skin at all (I will go through my […]

Let’s talk advent calendars. I used to have a phobia of them because I always got the extremely cheap and nasty chocolate ones from the Poundshop and almost never bothered eating the chocolate. Anyway, this year I have a few advent calendars on my wall. I am hoping this will become a nice family tradition! […]

It is coming to Christmas I know this because Boots is launching their ‘Better than half price’ offers this week! From today (Friday 18th October) for one week only, the SEVETEEN Complete Collection is deducted from £35 to £17. This contains: 12 x SEVENTEEN Eyeshadows (Shades taken from Metallic Toffee Trio, Funfair, Peepshow Eye […]

Since we are now nearly at the end of November, I can discuss the topic of Christmas without apologising – right?! Let’s start the gift giving series with one of the most giftable brands of all – Jo Malone. I have become horribly obsessed with home scents and candles recently, and no, we are no […]

I got an email from the people over at Vouchercodes.co.uk setting me a challenge of putting together a Christmas Beauty Preparation kit for £60 or less. The idea is to pick out products that will save us the trouble of going to the salon or paying a professional for their services! So here are my […]

A year or so ago when I posted about a Frontcover Cosmetics palette, I never thought that I would still be getting emails about it today – where can I buy it, is it a nice palette, are the shadows pigmented, etc. Here it is: Frontcover Palettes are (at the time of writing) sold between […]

Merry Christmas and Good Tidings to One & All! I hope everyone will eat lots and get lots of presents (I spy a few beauty goodies for me – peeking, moi?). My lot have quite a food extravaganza coming up! This was my turkey from last year, just a tiny thing made for two: As […]

Red & Green should never be seen…so they say. There are some nice tutorials on You Tube of red and green eyes, but there’s no denying that those two colours together could spell disaster. But hey, it’s Christmas, it gets dark early, so let’s give it a shot! I decided to go for a green […]

As if to annoy every person who paid full price for their Christmas goods, like, yesterday, Boots.com (UK) have launched their half price sale online. Boots usually runs a very good 3 for 2 offer at Christmas and since I tend to study the catalogue I can spot a free in the ‘3’ for ‘2’ […]

Spend £7.99 on Rimmel and get a nifty free Make Up Set worth £15: This is exclusive to Boots. Meanwhile, the Rimmel Website has a nice make up tutorial with some blue eyeshadow and nude lips for Christmas.

This is OT, but besides Make Up, I have another love; Books! Although I never got further than the first Harry Potter book, I am well aware that the series has been a revolution for children’s fantasy books! There has always been the classics, like Narnia and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy. However – […]

Ok girls, its one week or so before Christmas and I am out of ideas of what I want! I have all the games (computer) I want, and practically all the Make Up….say it isn’t so! Ok so I have enough Make Up for this lifetime and the next but I am stumped as the […]

It feels like a life time ago since Majolica Majorca released the Frozen Princess range. I love the Majolica Majorca website. Each time they use a cardboard 2D style picturebook, in a stop motion animation style. The amount of work that goes into it, the music, the design in incredible. Anyway – the actual products […]

I normally go nuts for anything Shu but I am not loving this years Christmas collection: The model looks good (why does Shu ALWAYS use western models?) but the actual product range is so-so. The packaging is heavy grooved gold – think of Estee Lauder, and there are two eyeshadow/blush duo’s: The other set has […]

I was completely inspired by Karen at the gorgeous Make Up & Beauty Blog. Karen did her 43 Make Up Items she was thankful for, followed by the 43 non make up related things she was grateful for. I wish we had something similar in the UK! (But maybe something other than Turkey. I big […]

Adambeauty.com has updated his shop with a few notable Christmas goodies! The Majolica Majorca Snow Queen Range There are three polishes – now, I don’t really do polish but these colours are gorgeous! There is a deep black with shimmer, a shimmery pink and a shimmer white. There is the Snow Karat powder in an […]

How cute are these!!! From Pupa, these little cardboard cards have a Christmas design on the front, a mirror inside and three co-ordinated eyeshadow shades inside. I have tested them and they are very soft and are lovely quality! So you see, you have a perfectly useable little compact and you can inscribe your own […]

RMK have released this lovely palette for 2007 Christmas. I’ve found palettes of previous years to be lacking in quality, or of having bizarre choices in terms of colours, but this set is gorgeous. Note, the stripping of my purchase (I SO didn’t want to remove the gift wrap….but I’ll do it for you.) You […]

Ok, Ok, so I am totally late with this, but you know, I thought a lot of the MAC limited edition stuff would have sold out by now but most of the ranges are still in stock. What is really annoying is the sheer volume of collections coming out and how they are spacing them […]